U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 11-12, 2009

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1485
RUSSIA
1886 official decree signed by the governor of Lifland province outlining grave consequences of converting from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism, including possible loss of parental rights, jail terms for converting Orthodox children to Protestantism, annulment of marriages performed by Lutheran pastors, inability to hold administrative positions, etc., unusual and rather frightening document of the religious intolerance in Tsarist Russia during the reign of Alexander III
Price Realized
$210.00

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